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Post by LLady on Jan 2, 2006 22:58:25 GMT 10
This thread is the place for those books that you have read that were different/strange/or just for fun!
"The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cookbook and How to Raise Wolves" by Jack Douglas.
Back in the trackless tundra of suburban Connecticut after his hilariously well documented efforts to cope with Hollywood success, Jack Douglas finds something still missing from his concept of total bliss. A timber wolf, of course. Just the item to round out his little clan, which already consists of one lovely Japanese wife named Reiko, two upstart young sons named Timothy and Bobby, one full grown 200 pound mountain lion named Pussycat, one Alaskan malamute named Chibi, and one 4 pound Pomeranian named Doggie. "No Wolf" shouts Reiko. "I think I go back to Japan." Instead, she attacks the crisis with compulsive rice cooking, house vacuuming, and ominously muttered threats while Jack acquires the wolf and begins coping with the reactions of a collection of suburban neighbors that make a Marquis de Sade sanitarium sound like a sylvan rest home. But eventually it is Reiko's well-timed suggestion of acquiring a mate and a litter of cubs for Wolf, the wolf, that activates Jacks's growing concern over holding captive so magnificent a creature of the wilds-and the account of his efforts to prepare his wolf family for a "Born Free"-like return to the Canadian wilderness is unquestionably the funniest episode to date in a career long famous for rib-tickling misadventure.
From first chuckle to last guffaw, Douglas is in top form, revealing as he goes a personality that is as heartwarming in genuine affection for his fearsome pets as it is rollicking in hapless hilarity.
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Post by andi on Jan 3, 2006 5:22:34 GMT 10
Sounds like a really funny and interesting story!
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Post by andi on Jan 5, 2006 23:51:34 GMT 10
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps: How We're Different and What to Do About It
Allan and Barbara Pease
"Let's look at the thoughts, attitudes, and emotions, as they're experienced, in their very different ways, by men and women". This is one of Allan Pease's chirpy gear-changes in this provocatively titled book. Then he begins to ruminate: men and women live in the same world, but they experience it as if they came from two different worlds. Boys like things, girls like people. Every boy wants to be in a gang, and wants a gun; every girl has her best friend, with whom she shares her secrets. Men want status and power, women want love. It's amazing, he concludes, that they can ever live together. Well, yes, and that living together is a pretty fraught business, though he doesn't seem keen to go too deeply into that: this psychology, with its frequent allusions to research and its jokey little dramatisations, is upbeat feelgood stuff, which is why it's made him such a fortune on three continents. "Listen to this!" he'll say, then on comes an Aussie squabble, the woman berating a husband whose grunts proclaim the fact that he's not listening. But to sell four million copies of a book about body language--in 33 different languages--means Pease and his wife Barbara must be getting something right. There are many scientifically-documented facts about the difference between the sexes, and Pease is selling them with a smile to an ever-growing public. You may be a contented member of that public, or you may find your hackles rising. It takes all sorts!
The classic international bestselling book. Allan and Barbara Pease spotlight the differences in the way men and women think.
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Post by andi on Jan 5, 2006 23:52:15 GMT 10
Why Men Lie and Women Cry
Allan and Barbara Pease
Why Men Lie and Women Cry reminds us why Allan and Barbara Pease have been so successful in teaching us to understand ourselves. They combine a blockbuster style of entertainment with jillions of facts about human nature, the battle of the sexes and what really makes us tick. Why Men Lie and Women Cry goes further into the territory covered by their first coauthored bestseller Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps. Both books are written in a punchy, funny style with quick pace, quick wit and quick page-turning power.
This is popular psychology with the emphasis on popular. Inside the front cover we're given a photograph of the husband and wife coauthor team, and they beam out to us as all happy, suntanned, beautifully groomed self-help authors ought to. If you are cynical about human nature, believe people don't really change and suspect self-help is a shallow con game, then don't buy this book. But if you believe we can learn to understand one another better, can build better relationships and work towards a happier and more abundant life, then Why Men Lie and Women Cry can provide practical help in a fun-filled, chock-full of facts informative way.
Authors of the international bestsellers WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN AND WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS and BODY LANGUAGE teach strategies for happier, more fulfilled relationships.
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Post by LLady on Jan 6, 2006 5:59:59 GMT 10
I'll have to put both of those on my list andi. Very interesting topics.
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Post by Elly on Jan 6, 2006 15:13:08 GMT 10
This thread is the place for those books that you have read that were different/strange/or just for fun! "The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cookbook and How to Raise Wolves" by Jack Douglas.Back in the trackless tundra of suburban Connecticut after his hilariously well documented efforts to cope with Hollywood success, Jack Douglas finds something still missing from his concept of total bliss. A timber wolf, of course. Just the item to round out his little clan, which already consists of one lovely Japanese wife named Reiko, two upstart young sons named Timothy and Bobby, one full grown 200 pound mountain lion named girl thingycat, one Alaskan malamute named Chibi, and one 4 pound Pomeranian named Doggie. "No Wolf" shouts Reiko. "I think I go back to Japan." Instead, she attacks the crisis with compulsive rice cooking, house vacuuming, and ominously muttered threats while Jack acquires the wolf and begins coping with the reactions of a collection of suburban neighbors that make a Marquis de Sade sanitarium sound like a sylvan rest home. But eventually it is Reiko's well-timed suggestion of acquiring a mate and a litter of cubs for Wolf, the wolf, that activates Jacks's growing concern over holding captive so magnificent a creature of the wilds-and the account of his efforts to prepare his wolf family for a "Born Free"-like return to the Canadian wilderness is unquestionably the funniest episode to date in a career long famous for rib-tickling misadventure. From first chuckle to last guffaw, Douglas is in top form, revealing as he goes a personality that is as heartwarming in genuine affection for his fearsome pets as it is rollicking in hapless hilarity. I`ll look out for this book Llady, sounds like a wonderful hilarious read
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Post by Elly on Jan 6, 2006 15:15:10 GMT 10
I'll have to put both of those on my list andi. Very interesting topics. Me Too Andi, thanks for the previews
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Post by andi on Jan 6, 2006 22:17:39 GMT 10
I read the german versions a few years back, it was great fun and very true
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Post by LLady on Jan 7, 2006 12:56:21 GMT 10
This thread is the place for those books that you have read that were different/strange/or just for fun! "The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cookbook and How to Raise Wolves" by Jack Douglas.Back in the trackless tundra of suburban Connecticut after his hilariously well documented efforts to cope with Hollywood success, Jack Douglas finds something still missing from his concept of total bliss. A timber wolf, of course. Just the item to round out his little clan, which already consists of one lovely Japanese wife named Reiko, two upstart young sons named Timothy and Bobby, one full grown 200 pound mountain lion named girl thingycat, one Alaskan malamute named Chibi, and one 4 pound Pomeranian named Doggie. "No Wolf" shouts Reiko. "I think I go back to Japan." Instead, she attacks the crisis with compulsive rice cooking, house vacuuming, and ominously muttered threats while Jack acquires the wolf and begins coping with the reactions of a collection of suburban neighbors that make a Marquis de Sade sanitarium sound like a sylvan rest home. But eventually it is Reiko's well-timed suggestion of acquiring a mate and a litter of cubs for Wolf, the wolf, that activates Jacks's growing concern over holding captive so magnificent a creature of the wilds-and the account of his efforts to prepare his wolf family for a "Born Free"-like return to the Canadian wilderness is unquestionably the funniest episode to date in a career long famous for rib-tickling misadventure. From first chuckle to last guffaw, Douglas is in top form, revealing as he goes a personality that is as heartwarming in genuine affection for his fearsome pets as it is rollicking in hapless hilarity. I`ll look out for this book Llady, sounds like a wonderful hilarious read It was a lot of fun. I think that you can find it on Amazon.
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Post by LLady on Jan 11, 2006 7:08:45 GMT 10
Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them : When Loving Hurts And You Don't Know Why
by Dr. Susan Forward and Joan Torres
Is this the way love is supposed to feel?
• Does the man you love assume the right to control how you live and behave? • Have you given up important activities or people to keep him happy? • Is he extremely jealous and possessive? • Does he switch from charm to anger without warning? • Does he belittle your opinions, your feelings, or your accomplishments? • Does he withdraw love, money, approval, or sex to punish you? • Does he blame you for everything that goes wrong in the relationship? • Do you find yourself “walking on eggs” and apologizing all the time?
If the questions here reveal a familiar pattern, you may be in love with a misogynist — a man who loves you, yet causes you tremendous pain because he acts as if he hates you.
In this superb self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward draws on case histories and the voices of men and women trapped in these negative relationships to help you understand your man’s destructive pattern and the part you play in it.
She shows how to break the pattern, heal the hurt, regain your self-respect, and either rebuild your relationship or find the courage to love a truly loving man.
This book was actually required reading in my Psychology of Human Relationships class at school. I found it very interesting and informative.
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Post by LLady on Jan 31, 2006 7:35:23 GMT 10
"Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever : The Making of a Happy Woman"
by Judy Sheindlin
"My father was a kidder, and he could usually make me laugh; in laughing I was able to feel better about myself. He also gave me a piece of advice about beauty that has stayed with me. 'Beauty fades' he used to say, 'but dumb? Dumb is forever.' "
Judge Judy's father impressed upon her that a bright intellect, a curious mind, and a passion for learning are priceless commodities. "For as long as I can remember," she writes, "the worst insult someone could give me was to say 'You're stupid.' In fact to this day, it's second nature for me when I'm on the bench to point a finger to the side of my head and ask, 'Does it say stupid here?' "--the implied answer being a resounding no.
In the course of her career as a family court judge and a presiding judge on the popular courtroom show that bears her name, Judge Judy has seen over and over again, the devastating fallout for women who have made stupid choices on marriage, parenting and their future. She has seen women make excuses for men who abuse them and women who tolerate demeaning and demoralizing conditions at work. She has seen women who, instead of choosing mates, allowed themselves to be chosen. She has seen women who elected to defer to men instead of their own judgment.
Here, the savvy, opinionated, and irrepressible Judge Judy exposes, with her trademark wit and wisdom, these dirty little secrets so many women share and offers her own take on the destructive repercussions they have on women. Using real cases involving women of every background--from the most affluent and successful to young girls just starting out--as well as stories from her own life, Judge Judy shows women how to fix their attitude and, equally important, how to teach their daughters to follow their dreams by keeping their individuality intact.
As a judge, wife, mother, and grandmother, judge Judy understands the lasting currency of self-esteem and independence, and when she voices her tough-minded opinions daily in her courtroom, everyone listens. In Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever, she instills in women--with the help of provocative and hilarious examples from her own life--the urgency of building a solid foundation within. On building character. On nourishing yourself. On learning from mistakes and fighting battles you can't win. On understanding what sex can and cannot do for you. On the importance of humor and self reliance. Her straight talk tells women to get on with it and never forget that smart is forever, too.
Synopsis In her trademark humorous yet no-holds-barred style, "Judge Judy" gives women the "heads up" on feeling unshakably good about themselves, exploring such issues as women's almost automatic need to defer to men and showing mothers how to teach daughters to follow their dreams while keeping their individuality intact.
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Post by LLady on Mar 28, 2006 4:23:20 GMT 10
"Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining : America's Toughest Family Court Judge Speaks Out"
by Judy Sheindlin
FROM THE PUBLISHER The time for change was yesterday and the time to wake up is now. The problems Sheindlin encounters daily - welfare abuse, juvenile violence, abandoned or abused children, ugly custody fights - reflect the growing destruction of America's families. They are a mirror of what has gone wrong in America, a reflection of how far we have strayed from personal responsibility and old-fashioned discipline. In Judge Sheindlin's Manhattan courtroom, nothing is too outrageous - including the judge. In her courtroom the operative words are "do the right thing - and do it now." A fiercely intelligent, flamboyant, tough-talking mother of five, Sheindlin examines the problem of America's fraying family fabric and says publicly what most citizens feel privately: Juvenile delinquency is out of control and young criminals must not be treated lightly by the court system any longer. Sheindlin knows the system inside and out and reveals its absurdity, politically correct or not. Judy Sheindlin demonstrates how the system permits and even promotes a lack of individual responsibility. She shows how the courts wink at fraud committed by individuals and social service agencies. She describes how the media reinforce misguided feelings of guilt about those who call themselves victims of some amorphous social policy, from drug addicts to welfare recipients and delinquents. Sheindlin then offers solutions - real solutions, not studies or more commission reports - to show our country how to get back on track.
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